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title: "6 Hurt Mother Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [I hurt for every mother who's lost a son, every son who's lost a father, and every child whose life was taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-mcbath/i-hurt-for-every-mother-who-s-lost-a-son-every-son-who-s-lost-a/)

[Lucy McBath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-mcbath/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/lucy-mcbath-5736_better-future_i-hurt-for-every-mother-who-s-lost-a-son_110823.jpg)

> [“My point is, I would never hurt you or your family.” I raised my chin at him. “If you tried to hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ilona-andrews/my-point-is-i-would-never-hurt-you-or-your-family-i-raised-my-chin-at/)

[Ilona Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ilona-andrews/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/ilona-andrews-150_dali_my-point-is-i-would-never-hurt-you-or-yo_714969.png)

> [When we were arguing on my twenty-fourth birthday, she left the kitchen, came back with a pistol, and fired it at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-johnson/when-we-were-arguing-on-my-twenty-fourth-birthday-she-left-the/)

[Denis Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/denis-johnson-2135_arguing_when-we-were-arguing-on-my-twenty-fourth_740898.png)

> [I saw how, when my brother smoked reefer, it made my mother cry. He was 16 at the time. And I saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ving-rhames/i-saw-how-when-my-brother-smoked-reefer-it-made-my-mother-cry-he-was/)

[Ving Rhames](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ving-rhames/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/ving-rhames-32980_broke_i-saw-how-when-my-brother-smoked-reefer_1431145.jpg)

> [She wanted to eat my heart and be lost in the desert with what she'd done, she wanted to fall on her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-johnson/she-wanted-to-eat-my-heart-and-be-lost-in-the-desert-with-what-she-d/)

[Denis Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-johnson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/denis-johnson-2135_birth_she-wanted-to-eat-my-heart-and-be-lost-i_2496398.png)

> [And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanford-i-weill/and-when-we-used-to-play-and-fight-in-the-streets-in-brooklyn-and-i/)

[Sanford I. Weill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanford-i-weill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/sanford-i-weill-18435_beating_and-when-we-used-to-play-and-fight-in-th_2644280.png)

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